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Blinkova, Alexandra Lecturer, Ph.D. |
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Brown, Richard M. Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair In Plant Cell Biology web site |
Cellulose is the most abundant macromolecule on earth, yet details about its biosynthesis and structure remain unclear. We are using broad, interdisciplinary advances and tools to study cellulose and its biosyn... |
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Buskirk, Ruth Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Ph.D. web site |
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Chan, Clarence Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site |
Our research is focused on two basic processes that are critical for the proliferation and well being of all eukaryotic cells - chromosome segregation (i.e., mitosis) and the spatial control of cell growth and ... |
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Dudley, Jaquelin Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site |
Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) is a retrovirus that induces mammary carcinomas and T-cell lymphomas in mice by insertional mutagenesis. We have identified the Cux1 protein (also known as CCAAT-displacement pr... |
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Field, Leanne H. Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Ph.D. |
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Finklea, Beverly Lecturer, Ph.D. |
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Gottlieb, Ellen Assistant Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site |
A) A primary focus of our work is to decipher the molecular mechanisms governing the exciting field of RNA transport/localization. This process is of fundamental importance in development and differentiation... |
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Harris, James Adjunct Assoc Prof, Ph.D. |
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Harshey, Rasika Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site |
We have two major research interests. (1) DNA-protein interactions in Mu transposition. Many cancer-causing retroviruses including HIV, recombine with their host genomes in a manner similar to that used by tran... |
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Huibregtse, Jon Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Graduate Advisor, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program web site |
The Huibregtse lab studies the biochemistry of the ubiquitin proteolysis system, a major pathway for degradation of proteins in eukaryotic cells. Our interest in this pathway arose from study of human papilloma... |
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Iyer, Vishwanath Associate Professor, MGM web site |
Nearly all cells respond to physiological or developmental cues by large-scale transcriptional reprogramming – altering the expression of hundreds to thousands of genes throughout the genome. Such sweeping chan... |
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Jayaram, Makkuni Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site |
We study the molecular mechanisms by which extrachromosomal DNA elements maintain themselves stably and at relatively high copy numbers without endangering their host organisms. The model system we employ i... |
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Johnson, Arlen Associate Professor In Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site |
My lab studies ribosome export and mRNA degradation in yeast. We use techniques spanning genetics, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry and proteomics. Recently, we identified the nuclear export pathw... |
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Johnson, David G. Adjunct Associate Professor |
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Krug, Robert Chair, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Lorene Morrow Kelley Fellow In Microbiology web site |
The major focus of the Krug laboratory is the molecular biology of human influenza viruses (influenza A and B viruses), which cause widespread human disease. We are determining the molecular mechanisms of viral... |
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Lambowitz, Alan M. Mr. & Mrs. A. Frank Smith, Jr. and Nancy Lee & Perry R. Bass Regents Chairs In Molecular Biology Director, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology web site |
Our laboratory studies gene expression, RNA splicing, catalytic RNAs, and retroviral-like genetic elements, including possible ancestors of HIV-1 and leukemia viruses. We are interested in mechanisms of RNA ca... |
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Meyer, Richard Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site |
Conjugation is probably the most common mechanism for genetic exchange in bacteria. Bacteria can transfer DNA by conjugation not only between different species, but also into higher organisms such as plants and... |
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Molineux, Ian Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site |
Our major interest is understanding how nucleic acids pass through lipid bilayers. Our model system is bacteriophage T7, which uses three different motor proteins to transport its DNA into the cell at the in... |
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Moore, Barbara Lecturer, Ph.D. |
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Paull, Tanya Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator web site |
Research in the lab is focused on the DNA damage response in eukaryotic cells, specifically the checkpoint activation and DNA repair responses that occur immediately after the introduction of chromosomal dou... |
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Payne, Shelley Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology University Distinguished Teaching Professor web site |
We are interested in the genetics and regulation of virulence factors of gram negative pathogens, including Shigella and Vibrio cholerae. Members of the Shigella species are found both extracellularly and int... |
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Sanders, Bob Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site |
Research interests are in the interdisciplinary areas of nutrition and cancer biology. Long term goals are to develop vitamin E analogs as anticancer agents, and to increase the understanding of the biological... |
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Sawyer, Sara Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology web site |
Evolutionary changes driven by historical viral epidemics have left a molecular �fossil record� in our DNA sequence. Our goal is to learn about natural strategies that have been successful at beating viruse... |
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Saxena, Inder Lecturer, Ph.D. |
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Saxena, Pratibha Lecturer, Ph.D. |
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Schneider, Dennis Adjunct Assoc Professor, Ph.D. Sr. Lecturer |
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Stevens, Scott Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site |
Ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) function in many cellular processes and the malfunction of some of these RNPs cause serious human disease. To better understand how disease states can be corrected, our laboratory stud... |
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Sullivan, Christopher Assistant Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology web site |
The recent discovery of RNA interference (RNAi) and small regulatory RNAs such as siRNAs and miRNAs, has dramatically changed our understanding of the regulation of gene expression. Consequently, RNAi has gener... |
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Szaniszlo, Paul J. Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site |
Our research uses the model black (melanized) pathogenic mold Wangiella (Exophiala) dermatitidis to identify cell wall-related virulence factors among the more than 100 other melanized fung... |
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Tian, Ming Assistant Professor, MGM web site |
My research interest is the DNA recombination events that are involved in generating antibody diversity in B cells. The large repertoire of antigen specificity and different effector functions of antibodies ar... |
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Trent , M. Stephen Associate Professor |
In order to survive, bacteria must quickly respond to changes in the surrounding environment. We are interested in how diverse environmental stimuli promote changes in conserved microbial structures found on t... |
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Tucker, Philip Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Biology web site |
We hope to better understand transcriptional regulation of lymphoid and cardiovascular development and function in normal and diseased mice. Ongoing projects can be grouped operationally under four transcripti... |
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Ulug, Emin Senior Lecturer, Ph.D. |
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Walker, James Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site |
My research interests include the mechanism by which the bacterial chromosome is replicated, how replication is controlled, and how replication is integrated with cell division. Specifically, we study compon... |
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Whiteley, Marvin Assistant Professor Molecular Genetics and Microbiology web site |
Bacteria exhibit many social activities and represent a model for dissecting social behavior at the genetic level (recently defined as sociomicrobiology). One example of social behavior in bacteria is the use o... |
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